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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | St John Brodrick | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | St John Brodrick | 5,816 | 61.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | AW Chapman | 3,609 | 38.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,207 | 23.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,425 | 75.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,477 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | St John Brodrick | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | St John Brodrick | 5,191 | 58.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Patrick Charles Lawrence [46] [47] | 3,720 | 41.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,471 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,911 | 79.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,248 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | St John Brodrick | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | St John Brodrick | 4,485 | 54.5 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | Ellis Duncombe Gosling | 3,750 | 45.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 735 | 9.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,235 | 82.5 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,978 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Constituency boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1885 general election. From 1868 to 1885 the west part of Surrey had been represented by two constituencies, one known as Guildford (which consisted of the town centre of Guildford and little else) and one constituency known as Surrey Western, which comprised the rest of that part of the county of Surrey. The Guildford constituency was both geographically and in size of electorate significantly smaller than the Surrey Western constituency. The 1885 to 1918 constituency boundaries saw the area of west Surrey divided into two constituencies more equal in size of population and land area. The north part of west Surrey was given the constituency name Chertsey, the south part Guildford. [48]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denzil Onslow | 705 | 55.3 | −5.7 | |
Liberal | Thomas R. Kemp [50] | 571 | 44.7 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 134 | 10.6 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,276 | 90.8 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,406 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denzil Onslow | 673 | 61.0 | +12.0 | |
Liberal | Guildford Onslow [17] | 430 | 39.0 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 243 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,103 | 84.5 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,306 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Guildford Onslow [17] | 536 | 51.0 | −12.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Garth | 515 | 49.0 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 21 | 2.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,051 | 86.2 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −12.8 |
Constituency boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1868 election.
Prior to the 1868 general election, the constituency of Guildford was represented by two Members of Parliament. That was reduced to one from 1868 onwards.
The 1868 to 1885 constituency known as Guildford was geographically limited to an area around the current centre of Guildford town. This is in marked contrast to the various post-1885 versions of the constituency known as Guildford all of which have had a much greater geographical area. The 1868 constituency was, at its maximum, little over one mile east to west, and just over one mile north to south. [51] (Most of the area which is in the modern constituency of Guildford would in 1868 have been part of the Surrey Western Constituency, rather than the Guildford Constituency.)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Garth | 339 | 53.0 | +16.8 | |
Liberal | William Willmer Pocock | 301 | 47.0 | −16.8 | |
Majority | 38 | 6.0 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 640 | 96.0 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.8 |
The 17 December 1866 by-election was caused by Bovill resigning as an MP following his appointment to judicial office, namely Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bovill | 316 | 96.6 | +60.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Lawes Long [52] | 11 | 3.4 | −60.4 | |
Majority | 305 | 93.2 | +82.9 | ||
Turnout | 327 | 49.0 | −40.7 | ||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +60.4 |
The 11 July 1866 by-election resulted from the need of Bovill to seek re-election upon his appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales. Long withdrew from the contest before polling. [53]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Guildford Onslow [17] | 333 | 37.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Bovill | 318 | 36.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Willmer Pocock [54] | 228 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 599 (est) | 89.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Majority | 15 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 90 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party designations for many candidates during the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s can be problematic as party ties were not as strong as those that developed, in Britain, in the late 19th century. Therefore, for the 1830s to 1850s election results, listed below, the term Liberal includes Whigs and Radicals; and the term Conservative includes Tories and Peelites, unless otherwise specified.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Guildford Onslow [17] | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Bovill | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 677 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Guildford Onslow [17] | 268 | 52.9 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | William John Evelyn [55] | 239 | 47.1 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 29 | 5.8 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 507 | 76.1 | +12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 666 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.3 |
The 22 October 1858 by-election was caused by RD Mangles resigning as an MP following his appointment as Member of the Council of India.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ross Donnelly Mangles | 349 | 40.9 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | William Bovill | 338 | 39.6 | +11.4 | |
Radical | James Bell | 167 | 19.6 | −9.4 | |
Turnout | 427 (est) | 64.1 (est) | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 666 | ||||
Majority | 11 | 1.3 | −12.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
Majority | 171 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ross Donnelly Mangles | 370 | 42.8 | +11.0 | |
Radical | James Bell | 251 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Lyon Thurlow [56] | 244 | 28.2 | −40.0 | |
Turnout | 433 (est) | 66.7 (est) | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 648 | ||||
Majority | 119 | 13.8 | +6.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +15.5 | |||
Majority | 7 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Currie | 336 | 44.1 | +24.0 | |
Whig | Ross Donnelly Mangles | 242 | 31.8 | −26.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Lyon Thurlow [57] | 184 | 24.1 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 381 (est) | 65.1 (est) | −17.4 | ||
Registered electors | 585 | ||||
Majority | 94 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +18.5 | |||
Majority | 58 | 7.7 | +2.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −26.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ross Donnelly Mangles | 242 | 30.2 | +17.0 | |
Whig | Charles Baring Wall | 221 | 27.6 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | James Yorke Scarlett | 177 | 22.1 | −9.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Currie | 161 | 20.1 | −22.0 | |
Majority | 44 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 401 (est) | 82.5 (est) | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 486 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.3 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Baring Wall | 252 | 42.1 | +25.5 | |
Conservative | James Yorke Scarlett | 188 | 31.4 | +14.8 | |
Whig | James Mangles | 159 | 26.5 | −40.2 | |
Majority | 29 | 4.7 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 350 | 82.4 | +19.5 | ||
Registered electors | 425 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +22.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +17.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Mangles | 299 | 46.4 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Baring Wall | 214 | 33.2 | +4.0 | |
Whig | Robert Alfred Cloyne Austen [58] | 131 | 20.3 | −2.1 | |
Turnout | 338 | 62.9 | −25.7 | ||
Registered electors | 537 | ||||
Majority | 85 | 13.2 | −6.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Majority | 83 | 12.9 | +6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Mangles | 299 | 48.5 | +22.0 | |
Tory | Charles Baring Wall | 180 | 29.2 | −12.2 | |
Whig | Charles Francis Norton | 138 | 22.4 | −9.6 | |
Turnout | 303 | 88.6 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 342 | ||||
Majority | 119 | 19.3 | +16.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +14.1 | |||
Majority | 42 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | −12.3 |
Constituency boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1832 general election. [59]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Francis Norton | 99 | 32.0 | +20.4 | |
Whig | James Mangles | 82 | 26.5 | +14.9 | |
Tory | George Holme Sumner | 73 | 23.6 | −8.1 | |
Tory | Charles Baring Wall | 55 | 17.8 | −27.4 | |
Majority | 9 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 162 | 92.6 | +18.6 | ||
Registered electors | 175 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +19.1 | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +16.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Baring Wall | 117 | 45.2 | ||
Tory | George Holme Sumner | 82 | 31.7 | ||
Whig | George Chapple Norton | 60 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 22 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | c. 130 | c. 74.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 175 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory gain from Whig |
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